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Show THK UTAH WEEKLY INDUSTRIAL REVIEW September 2. Aggregate production of the mines of Utah in the first half of 191S shows a considerable reduction as compared with the corresponding period of 1917. The dividends paid in that period this year amounted to $9,306,570 as compared with the first six months of 1917 of $15,242,-845, $15,242,-845, or a decrease of $5,936,275. Five hundred unskilled laborers are wanted from Weber county. Men and women are wanted in the orchards of Weber and Davis counties coun-ties for peach picking. Bids have been submitted for paving pav-ing three blocks of Academy avenue in Provo. Utah Cereal Co. of Ogden is malt ing preparation for improvements at plant that will double capacity. Contracts let for completion of barracks for men of Utah training camp of University of Utah. A total of 387,000 acres of Utah land were opened to entry for agricultural agri-cultural purposes in the year ending June 30, 191S. There remain in this state 19,914,962 acres of unsurveyed agricultural land; and 34, 487, 90S acres have already been surveyed. Beet fields of Cache Sugar Co. reported, re-ported, in excellent condition and grinding of beets to start about October Oc-tober 1st. Large rart of grain crop in Utah harvested and threshing and cutting of second crop of alfalfa progressing rapidly. Use of sugar beet tops for ensilage promises to become general among farmers. Silage from beet tops last winter proved to be equal to the best alfalfa hay for cattle feeding according accord-ing to farmers who tried the experiment. experi-ment. Sugar beets are said to produce pro-duce about two-thirds as much tonnage ton-nage in tops as they do of roots, and with an average crop of 18 to 20 tons of beets to the acre, about 12 tons of green beet tops will be harvested. har-vested. Twelve tons of this silage is declared to have the same feeding value as 2 0 tons of the best corn silage, sil-age, which constitutes a maximum crop from an acre, i Because they were unable to get men, about twelve women have been placed at work in the Ogden yards or the Denver & Rio Grande railroad and are giving satisfaction. Dixie Oil Co. is planning to shoot five w-ells. After long period of inactivity, the Red Bird Mining Co., with extensive holdings in the Park City district, has resumed operation. Contract let for continuing main tunnel. With the metal manufacturing plants working now on $100,000 worth of war orders and $3,000,000 worth more in sight for this year, with the metal mines, mills and smelters working steadily to meet demands, and with nearly $300,000 a month in government money being distributed through military channels chan-nels from Fort Douglas, war prosperity pros-perity has come to Salt Lake not only to stay but to grow. New reconstruction hospital la to be established at Fort Douglas. Irrigation projects embracing 5.140 acres of land are to be started in Utah. If any citizen wishes to see what the mining industry means to Utah he need go no farther than tax records. rec-ords. If it were not for mines, other tnxes in the state would be doubled. This simply shows the importance of measures and conditions encouraging encourag-ing to the mining industry. The establishment of giant blast furnaces, the opening of coal mines that will equal the Utah Fuel company com-pany operations in magnitude, the erection of immense coking plants, th: building of a twenty-mile rail road and the development of southern south-ern Utah's wonderful beds of iron ore are presaged by the visit of Thos. F. Keeley, a prominent Chicago capitalist, cap-italist, to Salt Lake City. Mr. Keeley is making a close-up study of properties proper-ties and means necessary to the successful suc-cessful operation of a great project, and to substantiate facts laid before the war industries board as to the availability of iron for war and Industrial In-dustrial purposes. The development of the steel industry here will mean the bringing of by-product plants to the Salt Lake valley. It will mean the establishment of industries that will go a long way in making the United States truly independent of the commercial chemistry of the Germans. |